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To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? In Iranian women had been sold to pay taxes or taken as booty in a raid by tribesmen from a village.
The narration of this event took all Iran by storm and shortly after the opening of the new parliament in relatives of these women demanded that parliament punish those responsible. Najmabadi investigates why this incident was so powerful. Read more Read less. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Frequently bought together. Add both to Cart Add both to List. One of these items ships sooner than the other. Show details.
Ships from and sold by Amazon. FREE Shipping. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. Jason Brownlee. Tell the Publisher! I'd like to read this book on Kindle Don't have a Kindle? Customer reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Format: Paperback. Najmabadi explores how Iran's constitutional revolution was shaped by the explosive issue of abuses toward the nation's women.
The ancient practices of merciless taxation driving the sale of girls and the seizing of girls by raiding nomads now generated a nationwide outcry for a new kind of government and a real kind of justice. The ancient drive to protect women took old and new forms, as the priority of protecting male honor commonly eclipsed the drive to free women.
